A dh’innse na fìrinn, tha dà phàirt san sgeul seo; dh’fhaodamaid a’ chiad tè fhàgail às, ach tha fios sam bith inntese agus chan eil e gun fheum.This story really consists of two parts. The first part might be left out, but it gives us a few particulars, and these are useful.

Bha sinn a’ fuireach san fhearann dlighe aig na caraidean againne, agus thachair gun robh fear an taighe air falbh airson began làithean. We were staying in the country at a gentleman’s seat, where it happened that the master was absent for a few days.

Ràinig bean uasal bhanntrach bhon a’ bhaile faisg air làimh san àm; bha a’ chù smutach aice còmhla rithe. Agus thuirt i gun tàinig i airson earrainn den lann-chairtidh aice a reic. In the meantime, there arrived from the next town a lady [widow]; she had a pug dog with her, and came, she said, to dispose of shares in her tanyard.

Bha na pàipearan leathase, agus thug sinn comhairle oirre gum biodh e air an cur ann an cèis-litreach agus gun sgrìobhadh i: “Seanailear Cumhachdair-Cogaidh Ridire” agus msaa.She had her papers with her, and we advised her to put them in an envelope, and to write thereon the address of the proprietor of the estate, “General War-Commissary Knight,” &c.

Bha i ag èisteachd ruinn leis an aire mhòr, thug i am peann, dh’fhuirich i aison greis bheag agus an uairsin dh’iarraidh i oirnn a ràdh an seòladh a-rithist gu mall. She listened to us attentively, seized the pen, paused, and begged us to repeat the direction slowly.

Rinn sinn a-rèir a miann, agus bha i a’ sgrìobhadh; ach chaidh i air stad ann am meadhann de “Seanailear Cumhachd-”, agus thuirt i: “’S e bean a-mhàin a tha annamsa!”We complied, and she wrote; but in the midst of the “General War-” she struck fast, sighed deeply, and said, “I am only a woman!”

Nuair a bha i a’ sgrìobhadh, bha am Puggie aice na shuidhe air an làr a’ dèanamh dranndan, oir a thàinig an cù sin còmhla rithe airson cur-seachad agus airson deagh shlàinte aigesan. A bharrachd air sin, cha bu chòir dhut làn lom a thairgsinn do neach-cèilidh. Her Puggie had seated itself on the ground while she wrote, and growled; for the dog had come with her for amusement and for the sake of its health; and then the bare floor ought not to be offered to a visitor.